SZ/OEMU/29/1/25-26 - Tests on surface shelters (Part 2), October 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/1/25-26

Level of description

Item

Title

Tests on surface shelters (Part 2), October 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Subject

Blast pressure

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 278

ARP/292/RJ

Part two of the tests deal with blast pressures inside a shelter caused by bombs exploding either inside or in front of the entrance. The tests were on scale models and conditions were equivalent to the explosion of 250 kg. and 50 kg. bombs.

Two copies. Corrigenda slip attached.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/1/25-26 - Tests on surface shelters (Part 2), October 1941

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